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Sarte |
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April 29, 2004 02:01:25am |
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Sid Davis's Films |
Is it just me, or do Sid Davis's films have many of the aspects of a nightmare? Two films which particularily stick out in my mind with this nightmarish quality in them are "The Strange Ones" and "What's the Big Hurry?" Are there any other social guidance films like this on the archives?
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Spuzz |
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April 29, 2004 06:33:10am |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
Yes. try "The Child Molester" (located in open source movies)
Also nightmare inducing are "Design For Dreaming" and (dare I say) "A Visit To Santa"
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Scott Bot |
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April 29, 2004 07:22:48am |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
Many of the anti drug films on the archive have the same effect. "Narcotics, Pit of Despair" and "Drug Addiction" come to mind.
Somebody really needs to do a documentary on Sid Davis and his films. Bret Wood, where are you?
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Scott Bot |
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April 30, 2004 02:09:33am |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
Spuzz,
Thanks! I had no idea anyone had done a doc on Sid Davis. Another film to look forward to, and to make my wife roll her eyes at me.
Scott
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April 29, 2004 09:53:24am |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
To me, ALL Sid Davis films have the 'nightmarish' element in common. I believe this is what made him so unique. Rick should think about putting out a DVD compilation of ALL the Sid Davis films. They are among the best on the archives. I know there are many others (referenced from
www.imdb.com) that are not included in the archives as well.
Spuzz: Re: THE CHILD MOLESTER. If I hadn't known I'd have thought this was another Sid Davis film. Its similarity to his rubric is uncanny. What was your source for this transfer? VHS, Beta-SP 16 mm or ?? Could an MPEG-2 720x480 version be uploaded if possible? Do you or anyone else know where a higher quality print can be obtained? The snippets included on HELL'S HIGHWAY were very high quality, with excellent color, seemingly taken from a pristine 16 mm print.
-archivefan
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Marysz |
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April 29, 2004 12:36:52pm |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
I think Sid Davis's impersonal camerawork heightens the nightmarish aspect of his films. Usually when films deal with such emotionally loaded material, they have a lot more close-ups. But Davis, judging from the few films I've seen by him, keeps the camera at a distance from the action when other directors would come in closer. The viewer becomes a bystander. This is what makes his films unique and gives them a contemporary feel, but it can also be alienating.
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Steve Nordby |
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April 29, 2004 01:45:44pm |
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Re: Sid Davis's Films |
Sid Davis films are often about things the viewer is told to fear, and what better way to trigger an emotional response than to tap into the experience of a nightmare by framing the film experience as such - imagine the darkened room with these terrible (name your fears) happening on the screen.
But Sid Davis also produced such films as "Bicycle Today Automobile Tomorrow", so I would guess his productions were simply driven by what the buyer would pay for. His films were generally not social guidance but safety, which naturally leads to a "look at the nighmare that can happen" style. His only (by my count) social guidance film is "Age 13", which is (as I have said in this forum before) radically different than anything else he or anyone else produced in this genre.
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Spuzz |
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April 29, 2004 03:47:11pm |
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Re: Child Molester |
I wasn't the uploader of 'The Child Molester", someone else took the honor. Yes, it IS a shame that the only copy is a hissy mpeg-4.. But of course I'll take that than nothing at all!
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Spuzz |
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April 30, 2004 02:24:45pm |
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Sidvision and Haack |
Just a note for people in the Vancouver area, Sidvision will be playing as part of the DOXA festival at the Pacific Cinematheque on May 29th. It will be playing with something called Haack, who supposedly was the grandfather of Techno. Never heard of him..
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